Climate averages 1991–2020
Bunda weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Bunda: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 18.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Musoma (59 km away). In May its highs average 26.0°C, 0.8°C cooler than Bunda, with 115 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Bunda ranks 22nd of 43 for the warmest May highs and 31st of 43 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Bunda is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 81 mm to 25 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Bunda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.6°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 120 | 18.1 | 12.212 h |
| February | 27.7°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 97 | 15.1 | 12.212 h |
| March | 27.5°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 145 | 20.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 171 | 21.1 | 12.112 h |
| May, selected | 26.8°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 81 | 13.8 | 12.012 h |
| June | 27.3°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 25 | 5.5 | 12.012 h |
| July | 28.1°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 12 | 2.8 | 12.012 h |
| August | 28.4°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 34 | 6.6 | 12.012 h |
| September | 29.0°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 56 | 10.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.2°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 113 | 17.3 | 12.212 h |
| November | 26.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 172 | 21.7 | 12.212 h |
| December | 26.2°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 164 | 22.2 | 12.212 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Musoma in MayTanzania · 59 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 19.9°C · 115 mm rain
- Bariadi in MayTanzania · 87 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 18.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Tarime in MayTanzania · 93 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.2°C · 82 mm rain
- Mwanza in MayTanzania · 121 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 21.0°C · 88 mm rain
- Migori in MayKenya · 126 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.0°C · 151 mm rain
- Sengerema in MayTanzania · 153 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Kisii in MayKenya · 179 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 15.3°C · 176 mm rain
- Shinyanga in MayTanzania · 189 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 19.1°C · 18 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bunda) is explained once on the Bunda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.